Statutory Rules

1970 No. 290

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1978*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Northern Territory (Sell-Government) Act 1978.

Dated this twenty-second day of December 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. J. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for Home Affairs

AMENDMENTS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) REGULATIONS†

Commencement

1. The amendments effected by paragraphs (c) and (e) of regulation 2 shall come into operation on 1 January 1979.

Matters in respect of which Ministers of the Territory have executive authority

2. Regulation 4 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting before the first matter specified in sub-regulation (1)—

“ Remuneration, allowances and other entitlements in respect of services of members of the Legislative Assembly, members of the Executive Council and Ministers of the Territory, including matters in respect of which enactments may be made under section 54 of the Act

Territory insurance

Territory banking ”;

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 December 1978.

† Statutory Rules 1978 No. 102 as amended by Statutory Rules 1978 No. 163.

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(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1)—

“ Urban planning and development ”

and substituting—

“ Land use, planning and development ”;

(c) by inserting after—

“ Housing ”

in sub-regulation (1)—

“ Public health ”;

(d) by omitting the last 2 matters from sub-regulation (1);

(e) by omitting paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“ (b) rights in respect of Aboriginal Land under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976;

(c) the sheriff; or

(d) juries.”;

(f) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (5) “, 13 and 54 ” and substituting “ and 13 ”;

(g) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (5) “ on a Minister of the Territory ” and substituting “, or by or under an enactment or an agreement or arrangement referred to in paragraph (f), on the Administrator or a Minister or officer of the Territory ”;

(h) by omitting from paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (5) “ paragraph (c) ” and substituting “ paragraph (c) or (f) ”; and

(i) by omitting paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (5) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“ (e) matters under instruments made under regulations, rules or by-laws;

(f) agreements and arrangements between the Territory and the Commonwealth or a State or States, including the negotiation and the giving effect to any such agreement or arrangement by the Territory by way of enactment, regulations or other instrument, or otherwise;

(g) enactments making provision in general terms in relation to a matter specified in sub-regulation (1) and only incidentally extending to a matter referred to in sub-regulation (2);

(h) matters incidental to the execution of any executive authority vested in the Ministers of the Territory.”.

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